Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-16
COMMERCE TALKS.
Strong kilograms Sent to the Inter-
State Commerce Commission by
Pacific Coast Business Men.
Judge Don Pardee Knocks the Bottom
Ont Of Section Four ut the Request
OF Sbe Texas and Pacific.
Various Roads are Heard on thu Long and
short Hau. Ciause--A water COmpe-
tition In Each Case.
JUDGE PARDEE's RULING.

| special 10 the Gazette.
! Ell PAsO, TEX, April I5.-Goyerncrs
BrowE and Sheldon, receivers of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, pctitf0ned
Judge Don A. Pardee Of the United
States Circuit court that in view Of the
fact that until recently three-fourths of
the foreign commerce of Mexico was con-
holIed by European nations, which
shipped to the City Of Mexico and dis
| trIbuted al over the Mexican Republic;
! and that now the merchants and manu-
faCturers of Chicago, St. Louis, New Or
leans, San Francisco and other large
cities have secured large trade with and
are sending merchandise into Mexico,
which will increase if railroad freights
are favorable; and that the competition
for the trade with Mexico is rendered
close by the cheap water line across
the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and the
English Railroad from Vera Cruz 10 the
City of Mexico, the Texas and Pacific
road, which has connection with ell the
large cities Of the Union, be allowed 10
establish lover rates on freignts for Mex
leo and those received from Mexico. and
for delivery at Ell Pdst, than is charged
81 points between this city and the points
the distances hauled are shorter.
Judge Pardee issues an order granting
the petition until the further advice Of
the court. This sUspends the fourth sec
ton Of the Interstate commerce bill
| touching traffic with Mexico.
THAT FOURTH SECTION.
WASHINGTON, April Is The following
kilograms have been received by the
! INF
| San Francisco: can productive and
monetary relations Of this coast are
| threatened with disorder and much loss.
a03 nothing but quick and wise action on
! your part can save our coast from the
tremendous Losses sure to follow an
! illiberaI or narrow interpretation Of the
! fourth section Of the Interstate bill. We
ask the suspension Of the long haul
clause temporarily until our position
can be placed before your honorable
| BODY This bears the signatures
Of eight principal banks in San Francisco
| The interstate commerce will work ire
parable ruin TO our interests, and Will di-
vert shipments from China and Japan to
the Suez canal route. Unless early relief
is granted we earnestly crave g prompt
and liberal Interpretation ofthe fourth sec
ton, protecting US from impending dis
aster, otherwise inevitable.
w. T. COLEMAN & Co.
CASTLE Bros.
At a special meeting of all parties in
tGrested in the wool trade, representing
dealers, commission merchants and wool |
growers, we were appointed committee |
to petition your honorable body to |
suspend the operation Of section of the |
inter state commerce bill from this state |
to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and |
other through shipping points The es-
tabished rate Of 3 70-100 cents per pound |
is excessive and prohibits shipments over |
land. The wool production of this |
state amounts to 100000 pounds |
per year and the difference between the !
old aud new rates of freight involves |
loss of over 81, 900, coo annually to the !
growers. The committee makes a very
urgent appeal for the suspension Of the !
fourth clause and that new rates be made |
to compete with water or Canadian rail
ways.
HEARD By THE COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, April I5-Fourteen su-
gar refinery establishments of New York
and Philadelphia write IN 8 letter to the
Interstate commission they understand
that the Pacific roads are about to make
application to be relieved from the opera
ton Of section I. Before their request is
granted the refners ask an oppor-
tunity TO be heard in opposition.
at is alleged" they say, 'tthat the Pa
citic railroads have been carving sugar
at $40 per ton from San Francisco to
Missouri river points. while charging
Salt Lake City about S25 per ton UPON
shorter distances. The result has been
that eastern sugar refneries have been
entirely excluded from the markets which
geographically belong to them. All grades
of sugar are made by the San Francisco
refneries"
The mmissiOn gave q hearing to-day
to the representative of the Richmond, /
Fredericksburg and Potomqc Railroad,
who made an argument in favor of the
suspension OF the fourth section, so far as
1t applies to that road, on account of the
water competition which the road has to
meet.
The representatives of several roads
running eastward from Peoria. H., were
heard in support of petitions for the
suspension of the fourth section so far as
it applied to the transportation of
grain eastward. They set forth the
peculiar circumstances of competition
under which the Peoria market Iabored,
both with water lines and trunk lines
from Chicago and st. Louis. Stati sites
of trade, and of the revenue Of the road {
were given in detail.
The representative of the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley Railroad of North
Carolina, made brief argument in sup
port of the petition to be permitted to
meet competition at certain junction
points.
The published statement that the COM
mission has appointed a secretary is
pronounced incorrect, as is also that to
the effect that decision was reached
yesterday with respect to excursion rates.
A large number of petitions has been re- {
ceiyed from theatrical people asking the I
suspension of the law as applied to the Z
profession, and such an I
of the law as will I
permit railroad companies to grant re-
duced rates as heretofore. The comnis- I